Trunk.



as and bracing UNITED STATES PATENT onmon ml- I. AID .70.!!! IIIO. OI I ou, I. I.

Influx.

948,782. M his". I tented Feb. 8. 1910.

{ Application ans August 14, ms. mm Io. mate.

To all whomt't may concern ing strip when employed as a single piece.

Be it known that we, lemon 8. Karma .and Joaaru Base, citizens of the United 8tatea, residing at New York, in the county 6 of'New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvemeats in Trunlt's, of which the following is a specification.

his Invention relates to improvements in t0. automobile trunks.

In the manufacture of this class of trunks considerable ditiiculty has been experienced in binding the edges to resist the wear and tear on the arts, incident to the consequent 16 iolting of t to machine. Rivets, and stitching have heretofore been the common means employed for binding the edges of tlie material formm the trunk, but from actual perienoe it firs been found that the rivso a, or the stitc ting, as the case may be, all out and in time destroy the usefulness o the It is of the utmost importance that the bindinfr agent be rigid andpubstantial as as posstb e, to resist the jotting Incident to the riding of the machine, otherwise the breaking a\v ay of the arts admit dust and water to the interior 0 the trunk which would obyiottsly destroy its utility.

so 'The prime object of this invention is to opiate ti defects referred to in that the binding a at is applied to the meeting edges wit tout pessmfi rivets or stitching through the same, an clipping the strips them against teral vibration.

The binding strips are of angular formation and embrace the meeti adgeaof the parts,

and ovsriap.the eats: a and face 0 the ends of the trunk. This construction ties '40 the structure and prevents lateral movement or twisting of the trunk parts, and therefore prevents the edges opening up.

The invention also relates to the specific details of construction and arrangement of .4 parts, which will be hereinafter referred to and particularly pointed out in the claims.

' 1n the drawings F1 re 1 is a perspective view of the trunk. ig. 2 is a detail euiarged transverse sectionon the line a---a Fig. 1, of the trunk, and one of the braces. Fig.) is a detail perspective view of the binding stri when employed In sections. Fig. 4 tea etail view of one of the clips. Fig. 5 he detail view of one of the clips I for bracing the trunk across its entire width. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the hind- -horizontal flanges 7 Fig. 7 is a detail cross section on the line 7 7 5- l 'The n umeral 1 indicates a circular trunk, eo comprlsm a circumferential rtion 2, opposite en faces B -3, and a c osure or door 4-, hinged as at r. The ed at the circumferential portion '2, and t e ends 8-4 are brought together, as shown in Fig. 2 and 66 binding strips Mt are fitted over them.- lhesc strips are of an ular formation, the

tting over the circumferential portion 2, and the vertial flanges 8 titt-in over the ends 3-8. The to. flanges 7 and are fitted snugly a the parts, to make a ti ht tit and to inlure closing the joint to me o it dust and water proof as far as possible.

The strips (3, may be made in sections, or 76 the may be continuous, aceordin to the oils an proportions of the trunk. en made in sections as shown in Fig. 8, they may be teadily trimmed, or cut out from a and bent .to fit the curvs of the trunk w tch i0 saves time and expense in the manuiacture.

'lo bind the strips, clips 10" are emtgloyed, which obviates riveting or stitching rough the angular flan 7 and 8. These clips, shown clearly in i 4 and 5, may be made 88 to embrace one or th the bindtn strips, however where possible the form Own in Fig. 5 will be used. This form comprises a transverse main part 10, bent at the extremc ends as at 11 to form flanges to abut. against the edge of the horizontal flange 7 ot the strips 6. The clip is then bent again to form a portion 11 to fit over the faces of the angular flange 7, and then beat at r tangles to form a portion 12 to tit over e 01 faces of the vertical flanges 8 of the dl'i At 13, the clips are bent inwardly to provide flanges, against which the inner ed f of the flanges 8, abut. and then at 14, t out- \vardl and lie flat on the faces of the ends 1 3. 'l e transv rse main part of the clip is formed with a rib 15, extending between the tlungcs 11-l1'. for stren hentng,pnrpoees and through this rib and t is circumfemtiai portion 2 of the trunk rivets or other fades, 1 mg means pass to secure the clip in position. Rivets or t, e like also pass throu the terminals of the clip, and the en 8-8, as shown. These clips or. braces are arra at intervals and overlap the anus of bindin strips and are made to snugly at both the flanges 7 and 8, and by reason of ff-Th.

.u mu s: tth'meeti fiat length of the ze me 11% be ferentiel edlee of m:- end the circumferential expand; on

end m,'i"n3in m in en we e ee me b eihrentirely held'in plec: by e l view ot the feet that the closure ozone from the edge! the trunlq-it ie impre eel to employ tripe which extend entirely eorothe oiromniuntzel 9. Hence ween: emellercli 1 ich here the' ee eezne :iipe

bed, 5' a ii' i* eon exoe 0.110 eaten e t to we, eoroee of the trunk: 'l'heee dine ere eeenred y their 10, using the trunk end embrace the inding etripe, end therefore revent lateral movement of the letter. hile it is true they do not extend ell the wey acroee t trunk, the

oil 0 below the oloeure. Theeeter l. w with the elneller cllpe 10', hold the mk'ifitl'tl in M reletion eo thet the joltnot o' the ointe.

K trunk ee deeeribed will be end dnreble, will re- Whet we elelin ie:-- 1.1 oirenler trunk comprising e circumend opposite ends, the

ere held m tlzefl ition b then Meme tion to provide llenmend then bent over end eround the nip binding stripe, end egein bent neer the ende to form lengee end prorlde flettened terminals, the dengee of eech etrip fol-min ebntments egeinet which the inner ed 0 the bindin stripe an! lit, the te'rn ele end the portione o e hem below the le of themfeoee o the he of the clipe overlapping the enguler bin 'ng etripa, end rivets dietent from the binding etrlge for eecuring the clipe to the trunk, oertem of {neein thnough the tlettened terminele end h; on e of the trunk.

A circuler trunk comprising e rimmferentiel rtion end 0 poeite ende, .the edgee'of't e letter end't e eircumferentiel portion ebuttin g, er eeetionel binding stripe overleppingeeid ebntting clipe for securing the etripe, eeid elipe in; loceted et end overlepping the ebuttin andteaothe'bintg. etfjpe end interme-bod 1e e eeme c I 00 e portion formed with e d he which en ge theed eoentedgeeotthe wndingetrip en bente iteendetotorinengnler feoee to overlep the outer enrhor binding stripe end formed with jeoent the enfuler eurteoee to inner ed outta b to etrl cul-mg eel dietent from the Ending door on one of the endeol the door hevin; en exteneion to. ores-lap e tion of the circumierentiel portion, ea In bindinetripettheedgeotthed u oil or 1- the engnler' iieu ii im eeu'bnifia es the her lien: which e the of the engn binding etrip 5 4; i iaiiitiiinia securing ee\ d clipe et pointe dident he. the ee bindin etrl In t etim y wh'ereoflwe efix oureignethree in preeence of two witneeeee ISIDORE S. KALLIS.

. JOSEPH BERG. Witneeeee:

, J. W. Senroen,

Meme Snnruuut. 

